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Officials in Chesapeake, Va., confirmed in a statement that the Walmart supervisor who fatally shot six coworkers inside the store on Tuesday left a note in his phone in which he described being harassed.”Sorry everyone but I did not plan this I promise things just fell in place like I was led by Satan,” Andre Bing wrote in a letter titled “death note” that was stored on his phone.”My only wish would have been to start over from scratch and that my parents would have paid closer attention to my social deficits.”Police also confirmed on Friday that Bing

November 25, 2022

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Say goodbye to the airline call center −at least at Frontier Airlines. The budget carrier last weekend completed its transition to online, mobile, and text support, which enables it to ensure that customers get “the information they need as expeditiously and efficiently as possible,” spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz told CNBC in an e-mail statement. Passengers who call the customer service number Frontier lists on its website now get the message: “At Frontier, we offer the lowest fares in the industry by operating our airline as efficiently

November 25, 2022

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Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner rubbed shoulders with Qatari Prime Minister Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani on Thursday as they soaked up the international soccer madness. The former first daughter joined her husband and their three children — Arabella, 11, Joseph, 9, and Theodore, 6 — at the Lusail Stadium to watch Brazil take down Serbia in the early stages of the World Cup tournament. Ivanka and Jared, who both served as senior advisors to former President Trump, were spotted mingling with politicians and Middle

November 25, 2022

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Cuba’s Miguel Diaz Canel pledged mutual support over their fellow communist states’ “core interests” Friday at a meeting further hailing a return to face-to-face diplomacy by Beijing. In comments to Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Xi said China hoped to “strengthen coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs” with Cuba. The two will “go hand in hand down the road of building socialism with each’s own characteristics,” Xi was quoted as saying in a Chinese government news release. China generally defines core interests

November 25, 2022

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Amazon warehouse workers in dozens of countries including the United States are planning to walk off the job to protest pay and working conditions on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. Labor stoppages are being planned for several warehouse locations throughout the country, including Bessemer, Ala.; Columbia, Md.; Detroit, Mich.; Durham, NC; Garner, NC; Joliet, Ill.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Portland, Ore.; and Washington, DC. There is also a planned work stoppage at several Whole Foods store locations. Whole Foods is a subsidiary of Amazon. Amazon will

November 25, 2022

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A Beijing court on Friday sentenced Chinese-born Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in jail after finding him guilty of crimes including rape. The court in Beijing’s Chaoyang District said investigations showed that from November to December 2020, the man, also known as Wu Yifan, raped three women. It also found him guilty of the crime of assembling a crowd to engage in sexual promiscuity in July 2018, the court’s official WeChat account said. The court also said Wu would be deported, although lawyers in China have said deportations typically take place after

November 25, 2022

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Elon Musk says that Twitter’s checkmark program could return on Friday, December 2nd, with a new procedure to verify individual identities in order to resolve impersonation issues. Musk described the new manual authentication process as “painful, but necessary.” Verified check marks will also be expanded with additional colors — gold for companies, grey for the government, and the original blue for individual accounts. As it turns out, offering so-called verified check marks for an $8 monthly subscription without actually verifying identities wasn’t a brilliant idea. After Musk

November 25, 2022

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A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal and five others in Hong Kong were fined after being found guilty Friday of failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the widespread protests three years ago. Cardinal Joseph Zen, a retired bishop and a vocal democracy advocate of the city, arrived at court in a black outfit and used a walking stick. He was first arrested in May on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-imposed National Security Law. His arrest sent shockwaves through the Catholic community, although the Vatican

November 25, 2022

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Winston, a cream-colored French bulldog, claimed top honors at this year’s National Dog Show. The three-year-old beat out six other finalists for best in a show at the annual event, hosted by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia and broadcast by NBC on Thanksgiving Day. After he was announced winner, Winston was hoisted into the air and whirled above the royal-blue carpet by his handler and co-owner, Perry Payson. There was a huge cheer from the crowd. Winston sported a big smile. Payson later took Winston into the audience so people could pet him.” He walked over to the people

November 25, 2022

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A coronavirus outbreak on the verge of being China’s biggest of the pandemic has exposed a critical flaw in Beijing’s “zero covid” strategy: a vast population without natural immunity. After months with only occasional hot spots in the country, most of its 1.4 billion people have never been exposed to the virus.Chinese authorities, who on Thursday reported a record 31,656 infections, are scrambling to protect the most vulnerable populations. They have launched a more aggressive vaccine drive to boost immunity, expanded hospital capacity, and started to restrict the movement

November 25, 2022

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The head of Brazil’s electoral authority has rejected the request from President Jair Bolsonaro’s political party to annul ballots cast on most electronic voting machines, which would have overturned the Oct. 30 election. Alexandre de Moraes had issued a prior ruling that implicitly raised the possibility that Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party could suffer from such a challenge. He conditioned analysis of the request on the presentation of an amended report to include results from the first electoral round, on Oct. 2, in which the party won more seats in both congressional houses than any other,

November 24, 2022

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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will not have to testify over his decision to suspend a Hillsborough County prosecutor, although the decision could be revisited during the trial scheduled to start next week.DeSantis removed Andrew Warren from his post back in August citing promises the elected prosecutor had made to not enforce certain laws, including the state’s recently enacted ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Warren has sued in federal court, contending that his First Amendment rights were violated and that his suspension was

November 24, 2022

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fifth World Cup goal in Portugal’s match against Ghana, – Cristiano Ronaldo made headlines once again on Thursday, but this time, it was for a record-breaking performance in the World Cup. The legendary soccer player scored his fifth World Cup goal in Portugal’s match against Ghana, making him the first men’s player to score in five different World Cups. While Ronaldo has not scored in the knockout stage of the competition, his eight goals on the prestigious stage date back to 2006 in Germany. Iran (2006; Germany hosted)North Korea (2010; South

November 24, 2022

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Rep. Liz Cheney – Jan. 6 panel staffers are angry at her for focusing so much of the report on Donald Trump -Since Rep. Liz Cheney accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s offer to serve as the vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Wyoming Republican has exerted a remarkable level of control over much of the committee’s public and private work. Now, less than six weeks before the conclusion of the committee’s work, Cheney’s influence over the committee’s final report has rankled many current and former committee

November 24, 2022

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A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of rape has filed a new lawsuit against him, minutes after a new state law took effect today.E. Jean Carroll´s lawyer filed the legal papers electronically as the Adult Survivor´s Act temporarily lifted the state’s usual deadlines for suing over sexual assault. The New York state law took effect on Thursday, allowing victims of sexual violence to sue over attacks that occurred decades ago.E. Jean Carroll sought unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for pain and suffering, psychological harms, dignity loss, and reputation damage.Carroll, a longtime

November 24, 2022

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The murderer who ruthlessly slaughtered four University of Idaho students is likely a “younger” man and a first-time killer, famed former FBI profiler Jim Clemente said. Clemente, a criminal behavioral expert, and former New York State prosecutor believes the person who killed Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21 on Nov. 13 likely knew at least one of the victims.“This is an extremely risky crime for the offender — unless he knows one or more of the victims, or he’s been stalking one of them,” he told The Post on Wednesday.“Going into an occupied dwelling with six young

November 24, 2022

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A US Senate antitrust panel will go ahead with a hearing on the lack of competition in the country’s ticketing industry after Ticketmaster’s problems last week managing the sale of Taylor Swift tickets. Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation, has blamed presale problems for Swift’s Eras tour – the pop superstar’s first US tour in five years – on “unprecedented demand” and an effort to keep out bots run by ticket scalpers. After registered fans struggled with glitches for hours to get tickets in the presale, and tickets quickly began appearing for resale for as much as US$22,700 (£19,100, A$33,500),

November 24, 2022

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China has ordered six million people into lockdown after hundreds of workers took to the streets around the vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou on Wednesday.Beijing’s move to crush the dissent came after images of the protests went viral, and as the number of coronavirus cases in China hit an all-time high – nearly three years into the pandemic and the Chinese Communist Party’s zero-Covid approach.In a rare display of public anger, workers – furious over Covid isolation policies and working conditions – violently clashed with hazmat-clad personnel wielding batons.In multiple videos from the city overnight,

November 24, 2022

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Justice Department investigators want to speak with former Vice President Mike Pence as part of a continuing probe into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss, according to people familiar with the outreach. Mr. Pence has declined to speak to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by Mr. Trump’s supporters and hasn’t made a decision on whether to be interviewed by Justice Department officials. But the former vice president views the Justice Department investigation as different from what he considers

November 24, 2022

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Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem at the height of morning rush hour on Wednesday, killing a Canadian-Israeli teenager and injuring at least 18, in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians.The first explosion occurred near a typically crowded bus stop on the edge of the city. The second went off about half an hour later in Ramot, a settlement in the city’s north. Police said one person died from their wounds and at least three were seriously wounded in the blasts.The victim was identified as Aryeh Shechopek, a teenager who was heading to a Jewish seminary when the blast

November 24, 2022

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Donald Trump reported losses on his tax returns each year for a decade – including close to $1 billion in a two-year span alone, his onetime accountant testified at trial this week. Donald Bender, a partner at accounting firm Mazars USA, took the stand in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday as part of the criminal tax fraud case against the Trump Organization. From 2009 to 2018, Bender said he filed 76-year-old Trump’s taxes, and “There are losses for all these years.”Bender – who was called as the first defense witness and was given immunity for testifying before a grand jury – admitted upon

November 24, 2022

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Two Alaska moderates, GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola won reelection Wednesday over two challengers backed by former President Donald Trump, thanks to the state’s ranked-choice-voting system, which allowed them to prevail without winning a majority of the vote. Murkowski repelled Trump-backed Republican Kelly Tshibaka, less than two years after Murkowski voted for conviction in Trump’s impeachment trial. Peltola, meanwhile, beat former Gov. Sarah Palin, another Trump-endorsed candidate, by a wider margin than her victory in the Aug. 19 special election that first sent

November 24, 2022

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California judge who sentenced disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to more than 11 years in prison last week has recommended that she serve her time in a minimum-security women’s facility. Holmes, 38, was sentenced to 135 months in prison on Nov. 18 after she was convicted of defrauding investors who backed her bogus blood-testing company. According to a court filing from last week, Judge Edward Davila of the Northern District of California recommended she serve her sentence at Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas.Described on its website as a “minimum security federal prison

November 23, 2022

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A former professional boxer has been arrested in Miami as police say he was planning a mass shooting at a local gym after attempting to buy an AK-47 from a nearby pawn shop.Azea Agustama, a 39-year-old who fought for Haiti in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was arrested and jailed Wednesday on two felony counts of issuing written threats to commit a mass shooting, and one count of threatening to kill. He is currently being held on $7,500 bond.Agustama had been working as a personal trainer at Miami’s BOXR Gym, but, following an altercation with someone at the facility, had his membership revoked and

November 23, 2022

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The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, just one week after the law was overturned by a Fulton County judge. In response to an emergency filing by the state last week after the ban was lifted, the high court issued a one-page order Wednesday that puts the lower court’s ruling on pause while it considers an appeal.Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, in his Nov. 15 decision determined that the so-called “heartbeat law” was unconstitutional when enacted in 2019 because the prevailing law of Roe v. Wade prohibited abortion bans

November 23, 2022

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Lawyers for the once-mighty crypto-exchange FTX described a company riddled with dysfunction and mismanagement during a court hearing on Tuesday, as they sought to explain how the sprawling empire founded by Sam Bankman-Fried was brought to its knees in a matter of days.” We have witnessed one of the most abrupt and difficult collapses in the history of corporate America,” said James Bromley, an attorney representing the company. Last month, FTX was one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Today, it is figuring out how to sell off assets, pay customers and satisfy

November 23, 2022

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A suspect was taken into custody after four people were “executed” at a marijuana farm in Oklahoma over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday. Wu Chen, 45, was arrested in Miami, Florida, just before 4 p.m. when a license plate reader flagged the vehicle he was driving, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.Chen was apprehended without incident and is awaiting extradition to Oklahoma, where he is expected to face charges of murder and shooting with intent to kill, the agency said. In an earlier statement, the bureau said the victims included three men and one woman. They were not

November 23, 2022

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Cuba’s Communist Miguel Díaz-Canel deliver a speech as Russian military guards flanked a bronze statue of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday met with his Cuban counterpart in Moscow, where the two unveiled a monument to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and hailed the “traditional friendship” between their sanctions-hit nations.A video published on the Kremlin’s website showed Putin and the Cuban head of state, Miguel Díaz-Canel y Bermúdez, deliver speeches as Russian military guards flanked a bronze statue of Castro.The late Castro embraced Soviet-style

November 23, 2022

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George Hotz, the noted iPhone hacker who was reported to have once turned down a job at Tesla working on its driver-assistance technology, has embarked upon a 12-week “internship” at Twitter under Elon Musk’s leadership. Hotz said his priority at the social media company is to fix its search feature, as well as to remove the prompt that prevents you from browsing the service on the web without logging in. The internship came about after Hotz expressed support for Musk’s “extremely hardcore” ultimatum to Twitter’s employees, which demanded that they work “long hours at high intensity” or else depart

November 23, 2022

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A Walmart employee armed with a pistol allegedly opened fire at a store in Chesapeake, Va., Tuesday night, killing six people and injuring four others, police said. The employee carried out the shooting less than an hour before the store was set to close and then fatally shot himself, Chesapeake Police Chief Mark G. Solesky said at a news briefing Wednesday morning. The episode happened during a busy Thanksgiving shopping week at a Walmart Supercenter, a bigger version of a Walmart store, about 5 miles south of Norfolk. Police didn’t identify the shooter on Wednesday morning, only saying he was a because his next of

November 23, 2022

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For each of the last two years, Thanksgiving helped usher in some very unwelcome guests: Devastating waves of COVID-19.No one thinks this year will be anything like the last two dark pandemic winters, at least when it comes to COVID-19. But the country is now dealing with a different kind of threat — an unpredictable confluence of old and new respiratory pathogens.” We’re facing an onslaught of three viruses — COVID, RSV, and influenza. All simultaneously,” says Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University. “We’re calling this a tripledemic.”Flu and RSV are back, big time

November 23, 2022

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Miami-Dade County has asked a federal bankruptcy court for immediate permission to end its naming rights deal with FTX and strip that brand off the arena where the NBA’s Miami Heat play. In a motion filed Tuesday, the county — which owns the arena and negotiated the naming rights deal with FTX — said continuing to refer to the building as FTX Arena will only add to the “enduring hardships” brought on by the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange.“It does not appear that the Debtor will suffer harm from a termination of the Naming Rights Agreement,” the county wrote in its motion. “On the other hand,

November 23, 2022

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After months of failed legal challenges, Sen. Lindsey Graham appeared Tuesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta investigating efforts by former president Donald Trump and his allies to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia, the latest high-profile witness in a probe that is believed to be nearing a conclusion.A sheriff said that Graham entered Fulton County Courthouse around 8 a.m. to appear before the grand jury, which is hearing testimony in private. Kevin D. Bishop, a spokesman for Graham, later said in a statement the senator testified for “just over two hours and answered all questions.

November 23, 2022

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6 people have been killed at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia after a gunman – believed to be a manager – opened fire inside just days before Thanksgiving. According to those at the scene, one of the managers entered the break room and started shooting at those inside the Sam’s Circle Walmart, located just off Battlefield Boulevard, at around 10.10 pm on Tuesday night. Police said the gunman is dead and that they found multiple people both injured and dead when they arrived at the scene. One person was discovered dead outside beside the store’s entrance. The exact number of victims is not yet

November 23, 2022

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A trial date has been set for next fall in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ sweeping $250 million lawsuit accusing Donald Trump and his family real estate company of “staggering” fraud. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Tuesday scheduled the trial for Oct. 2, 2023, in the case alleging that the Trump Organization’s assets were exaggerated for years for loan, insurance, and tax purposes. James filed the suit in September against the 76-year-old former president, his kids Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Trump Jr., the Trump Org and former longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg — who testified

November 22, 2022

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The Biden administration on Tuesday announced that it will extend the payment pause on federal student loans until June 30 while its debt forgiveness plan remains blocked by federal courts. Federal student loan bills had been scheduled to resume in January. The administration’s move comes in response to a federal appeals court ruling last week that imposed a nationwide injunction on the debt relief plan.“We’re extending the payment pause because it would be deeply unfair to ask borrowers to pay a debt that they wouldn’t have to pay, were it not for the baseless lawsuits brought by Republican officials

November 22, 2022

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Dr. Anthony Fauci made his final appearance in the White House briefing room on Tuesday, triggering chaotic scenes as reporters bombarded him with questions about the origins of COVID-19. He delivered a message to Americans to get booster vaccines and reflected on his time as one of the country’s top scientists, but Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was forced to step in as journalists shouted questions.’We have a process here,’ she said with a glare at a reporter in one of the back rows.’I’m not calling on people who yell, and you’re being disrespectful to your colleagues, and you’re being disrespectful to our

November 22, 2022

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s last-ditch plea to block the release of his tax records to House Democrats, paving the way for their possible disclosure to the lawmakers. The decision by the court in a brief order noting no dissenting votes means the committee can try to access the documents ahead of the Republican take-over of the House in January. The committee, however, has not said how quickly it expects to get the documents. Upon taking control, Republicans are expected to withdraw the request.Earlier this month, Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked the

November 22, 2022

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Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United “with immediate effect,” the Premier League club said Tuesday. The termination of the 37-year-old forward’s contract comes after he conducted an explosive interview in which he criticized manager Erik ten Hag and the club’s owners. It wasn’t immediately clear where he would end up next after failing to secure a move to a Champions League club in the summer.”Following conversations with Manchester United we have mutually agreed to end our contract early,” Ronaldo said. “I love Manchester United, and I love the fans; that will never ever change. However, it feels like the

November 22, 2022

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“Power Rangers” star Jason David Frank reportedly died by suicide after allegedly getting into an argument with estranged wife Tammie Frank on Saturday.Tammie – who filed for divorce from the actor in August – began feuding with Jason after they checked into two separate rooms at a hotel in Texas on Friday, law enforcement sources told TMZ. Despite staying in different rooms, the estranged couple allegedly argued in Tammie’s room that night, but the situation de-escalated after hotel staffers got involved. The outlet reports that the two got into it again just hours later, with Jason locking his estranged wife out

November 22, 2022

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Nearly 6 In 10 Americans View Trump’s 2024 Run As A Bad Thing, Quinnipiac University National Poll – Trump Vs. DeSantis For 2024. One week after former President Donald Trump announced he was seeking to return to the White House with a 2024 presidential bid, Americans 57 – 34 percent think Trump running for president in 2024 is a bad thing, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll of adults released today. Democrats (88 – 8 percent) and independents (58 – 32 percent) think it’s a bad thing, while Republicans (62 – 27 percent) think it’s a good thing. A majority of Americans (55 percent)

November 22, 2022

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More than 100 migrants were rescued from an overloaded sailboat before it hit a sandbar in the Florida Keys on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. A good Samaritan reported the vessel to Key West watchstanders at around 5 a.m. local time, the Coast Guard’s 7th District tweeted. Crews responded to the incident off Rodriguez Key after receiving “reports of people in the water,” the tweet said. They encountered “6-10 ft seas, 25 mph winds to safely remove the people from the vessel,” the Coast Guard said. The rescue effort appeared to be an hourslong endeavor, with officials saying the weather and rough

November 22, 2022

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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators urged the Biden administration Tuesday to reconsider its decision to not give Ukraine advanced drones, saying that technology could help Kyiv to hold its territory and gain battlefield momentum. In a Nov. 22 letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, 16 senators urged the administration to give Ukraine MQ-1C armed drones, or Grey Eagles, which are medium-altitude armed drones that can fly for more than 24 hours.“The long-term upside of providing Ukraine with the MQ-1C is significant and has the potential to drive the strategic course of the war in Ukraine’s favor,” the

November 22, 2022

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Disgraced boss of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Sam Bankman-Fried bought at least 19 properties worth nearly $121 million in the Bahamas over the past two years, official property records show.The purchases have raised questions over how and why they were bought, with most of the spending spree including luxury beachfront homes totaling almost $72 million, including a $16.4 million vacation home for Bankman-Fried’s parents. The portfolio also includes seven condos in the expensive resort community of Albany for senior FTX executives, as well as a $30 million penthouse in the same

November 22, 2022

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Donald Trump faces an unwelcome Thanksgiving Day entrée – a new lawsuit accusing him of battery in the alleged assault of E. Jean Carroll, former magazine advice columnist. The latest legal trouble for Trump comes after he recently announced a 2024 White House run and Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped a new special counsel to handle investigations involving him. Carroll, who’s already suing Trump for defamation over his denials and comments about her following the assault allegations, will file the new battery lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Thanksgiving Day, according to a court filing last week. That’s when New York

November 22, 2022

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Saudi Arabia scored one of the biggest World Cup upsets ever by beating Lionel Messi’s Argentina 2-1 on Tuesday.Messi’s quest to win the one major title to elude him got off to a shocking start and brought back memories of Cameroon’s 1-0 win over an Argentina team led by Diego Maradona in the opening game of the 1990 World Cup. Goals by Saleh Alshehri and Salem Aldawsari in a five-minute span in the second half gave the Saudis their greatest win. Messi rolled in a penalty to give Argentina a 10th-minute lead.This also rivals shocking results such as Senegal beating then-titleholder France 1-0 in the 2002 tournament opener and the

November 22, 2022

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Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk is making – DMs encrypted and adding video, and voice chat;- Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, has been public about his desire to improve how the social network’s direct messages work. In a meeting with employees today, he spelled out exactly what that looks like. Framed by presentation slides titled “Twitter 2.0” at Twitter’s San Fransisco headquarters on Monday, Musk told employees that the company would encrypt DMs and work to add encrypted video and voice calling between accounts, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by The Verge.“We want to enable users to be able to communicate

November 22, 2022

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Comedian Sinbad is still learning to walk two years after suffering a stroke, his family has revealed. The 66-year-old star’s loved ones released a lengthy statement on Monday, saying he has a long way to go before making a full recovery from the medical emergency. Sinbad’s family says he’s still “fighting for every inch” as his limbs — that were once said to be “dead” — are resuming mobility, which is particularly important as he begins walking again. Sinbad experienced an ischemic stroke as a result of a blood clot that traveled from his heart to his brain. He remained in the hospital for nine months and was released in July 2021. “Survival odds from

November 22, 2022

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Pablo Milanés, the Latin Grammy-winning balladeer who helped found Cuba’s “nueva trova” movement and toured the world as a cultural ambassador for Fidel Castro’s revolution, has died in Spain, where he had been under treatment for blood cancer. He was 79.One of the most internationally famous Cuban singer-songwriters, he recorded dozens of albums and hits like “Yolanda,” “Yo Me Quedo” (I’m Staying), and “Amo Esta Isla” (I Love This Island) during a career that lasted more than five decades.“The culture in Cuba is in mourning for the death of Pablo Milanes,” Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz tweeted Monday night

November 22, 2022

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New York issued its first 36 cannabis dispensary licenses on Monday, taking a monumental step in establishing a legal and lucrative marketplace for recreational marijuana. The licenses approved by the state’s cannabis control board were the first of 175 the state plans to issue, with many in the first round reserved for applicants with past convictions for marijuana offenses. Eight non-profit groups were among the 36 licensees granted on Monday. Some of the dispensaries, selected from a pool of more than 900 applicants, are expected to open by the end of the year. New York has also planned a $200m public-private fund to aid

November 22, 2022

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New York City mayor’s longtime friend Lisa White now holds NYPD job -$241,000 a year, – A career 911 dispatcher and longtime friend of New York City mayor Eric Adams who rented a room to Adams in her apartment in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights for four years now has one of the highest-paid jobs in city government, records show.In May, the NYPD appointed Lisa White as its deputy commissioner for employee relations, at a salary of more than $241,000 a year – a nearly fivefold boost over her prior salary there and almost as much as the police commissioner makes.In her new role, White attends to the health, well-being, and morale of

November 22, 2022

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The Associated Press on Monday fired a national security reporter who had provided erroneous information about a missile strike in Poland last week that resulted in a widely circulated but inaccurate news alert and story suggesting Russia was responsible for the incident. James LaPorta, 35, was terminated after a brief investigation, people at the news organization confirmed to The Washington Post. The Nov. 15 explosion in Przewodow, a Polish village near the border with Ukraine, killed two people and triggered global anxieties. Hours later, the Associated Press issued a news alert stating that an unnamed “senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO

November 22, 2022

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The victims of the shooting at the LGBTQ-friendly Club Q in Colorado Springs include two bartenders, the mother of an 11-year-old girl, and two other clubgoers who were enjoying a carefree night before a lone gunman started firing indiscriminately. The shooting left 19 other people injured and a community in mourning.”Too often society loses track of the victims of these sad and tragic events in all the talk of the suspect,” Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez said at a Monday afternoon news conference. “We strive to give the victims the dignity and respect they deserve.”Two years ago, Daniel Aston moved from his native

November 22, 2022

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Elon Musk announced a new wave of layoffs affecting Twitter’s sales teams on Monday, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources familiar with the situation told Bloomberg that Musk is cutting more workers to balance out each team, but it’s still not clear how many people lost their jobs. Musk began weighing additional layoffs last week and fired Robin Wheeler, the company’s head of ad sales, and Maggie McLean Suniewick, Twitter’s vice president of partnerships after they didn’t agree to terminate more workers. Sarah Rosen, Twitter’s head of US content partnerships, also left the company last Friday. The platformer was the first to

November 21, 2022

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